Craig Acton
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Narrandera Cricket Club · Lake Illawarra Cricket Club · Wagga City Cats Cricket Club · Narrandera Carpheads Cricket Club (inactive)
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
59/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 26 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 44.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 2.42 is excellent but a wicket every 43 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.42.
- ✓ Safe hands — 10 catches in 26 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.31 for the level played (Rep Div 1 2 · Club 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 26 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 23 innings at 25.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 21 matches bowled in (of 26 played) — 1.38 per match at 17.3, economy 2.42, strike rate 42.9.
Fielding — imported matches (26)
10
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
11
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
482
Runs (23 inns)
25.51
Avg (adj)
44.71
Strike rate
69
High score
5
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
29
Wickets (207.3 ov)
2.42
Economy
17.31
Average
65
Maidens
0
Extras / over
42.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 26 imported |
| Batting | 482 runs in 23 inns @ 25.51 (SR 44.71) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 69, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 17.31 (econ 2.42, SR 42.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-13 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 11 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 26 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 12.25 | 57.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 40 | 26.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 13 | 2 | 339 | 69* | 30.09 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 44.2 | 10 | 120 | 8 | 15 | 2.72 | 33.1 |
| 2010/11 | 19 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 9.67 | 1.53 | 38 |
| 2009/10 | 144.2 | 46 | 353 | 18 | 19.61 | 2.45 | 48.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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